Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1802 edition. Excerpt: ...calcined will pulverize it, and break it to pieces; or this is more rapidly effected by water, which drives it down very quickly, fearching every pore of the earth, on which it is laid. The manner of burning lime is too generally known to require defcription, but the quality of the ftone to be chofen for that purpofe requires attention.. The beft ftone in Ulfter (than which there cannot be better) is very white, and rifes in rugged blocks; it is frequently found in boulders, or in fiogle blocks apart from the quarry. This kind will not leave the leaft particle of clinker, if judicioufly burnt, and is very very quickly cakined; its efficacy is moft rapid and durable. Limeftone has various other colours; the blue conies next in quality, which is the beft when under ground; the grey is more apt to have fpar, and burn in clinkers, and the red is the weakeft and pooreft of all. The falts contained in this mineral are not deftroyed or exhaufted by the fire, but only expofed and unbound; it is therefore neceflary to burn it thoroughly for manure, as the falts are by that means entirely laid open. All foils will be improved by lime, even fhallow and limeftone foils, if the firfl heat fubfides before it is applied, and mixed with clay or bog-fluff; but to apply it hot from the kiln before it is flaked, or previouf-ly made into a compoft with earth, it is highly detrimental, and will burn the plants inftead of nourifhing them. After fpreading the lime on ploughed ground, let it have the benefit of rain to feparate it well, and then plough it in evenly, and harrow it fharply, previous to winter: thus it is prepared for a fpring crop; but barley cannot be ventured for a year or two; it may chance to thrive, but there are many chances againft it. Its virtues...
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